merd

See also: mérd and mərd

English

Etymology

French merde, Latin merda. Doublet of mierda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɜː(ɹ)d/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d

Noun

merd

1. (obsolete) Ordure; dung.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:

     discuss the original of a merd.

Derived terms

• bemerd

References

• “merd”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Drem, EMDR, DMer, EDMR, derm-, derm, -derm, D-MER, E-DRM

Estonian

Noun

merd

1. partitive singular of meri

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• merjed

Etymology

mer +‎ -d (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛrd]
• Hyphenation: merd
• Rhymes: -ɛrd

Verb

merd

1. second-person singular subjunctive present definite of mer

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛɾd/

Adjective

merd

1. generous

   Synonym: camêr

2. brave

   Synonym: mêrxas

3. dependable, reliable

Derived terms

• merdayî

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “merd”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 373

Norwegian Nynorsk

Merdar.

Alternative forms

• merde f
• mar, mir, mire, mør, mjerd, mjerde, mjard (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse merðr, from Proto-Germanic *merþaz, *merþraz. Cognate with Icelandic merður.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛːr/, /mɛːɽ/

Noun

merd m (definite singular merden, indefinite plural merdar, definite plural merdane)

1. a fish trap
2. a net enclosure used in aquaculture

Talysh

Etymology

Cognate with Persian مرد (mard).

Noun

merd

1. man (male human)